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How developers’ support needs change with experience
Developers have a wide variety of support and learning needs that evolve as they progress through their careers. Here, we’ll look at some...

SlashData Team
Jan 20, 20225 min read


Google has the leading developer program, but Amazon is catching up
Developers. Decision-makers. Kingmakers? For several years now, at SlashData we have been helping our clients – some of the biggest names...

SlashData Team
Jul 1, 20214 min read


Developer Research 101: The right methodology for reliable survey data
Suddenly a fine day dawns when your organisation’s key stakeholders agree that you need data to understand your developer audience. Well,...

SlashData Team
Apr 1, 202110 min read


How do developers perceive themselves? Are they introverts or extroverts?
The data from our latest Developer Economics survey give all the answers in the recently published State of the Developer Nation Q2 2019...

SlashData Team
Nov 7, 20191 min read


Gender Wars
The technology industry often takes credit for the changing world of work. One example is the model of remote employees working as...

SlashData Team
Apr 17, 20193 min read


Data science & machine learning platforms – The relationship between developer satisfact
Machine learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently one of the hottest topics in most organisations as it continues to...

SlashData Team
Mar 19, 20193 min read


Assessing the Maturity of Your Developer Marketing Program
Have you ever visited a website with a ‘ghost’ developer zone? You know the type I mean? Where the blog posts are over a year old, nobody...

SlashData Team
Jan 23, 20196 min read


Augmented Reality: Developers experiment with the next mass market opportunity
Emerging technologies are often a hype haven for media pundits. All the talk of Augmented Reality has been no exception and as with...

SlashData Team
Jul 27, 20182 min read


How Satisfied are Software Developers with Google, Amazon, and Facebook?
The absolute leader in developer satisfaction is Unity; according to SlashData’s recently released Developer Program Benchmarking report....

SlashData Team
Jan 16, 20182 min read


Unity leads the way in developer satisfaction
As software continues to eat the world (to paraphrase Marc Andreessen), software developers fulfill an ever more critical role in the...

SlashData Team
Jul 31, 20172 min read


How many IDEs does it take to create a programmer?
Integrated Development Environments have evolved to solve every problem a developer can have, but in recent years we’ve seen a scaling...

SlashData Team
Apr 25, 20163 min read


Every year software developers get less experienced
That might sound odd, but it’s one of many conclusions draw from our biannual study, and presented in our (free) State of the Developer...

SlashData Team
Mar 24, 20163 min read


Best Practices for a successful IoT Developer Program
Events and training programs are a main component in many developer programs for IoT – but just how effective are they? This infographic...

SlashData Team
Feb 15, 20161 min read


The RoI of developer events
Developers deeply value the community they belong to. With this in mind, real-life events are surely the ultimate, high-touch way to get...

SlashData Team
Feb 10, 20163 min read


Messaging apps: From counting users to counting bots
Back in 2008, Nokia sold 468 million phones making the company the undisputed king of the mobile phone market with over 40% market share....

SlashData Team
Oct 19, 20154 min read


Who, What, How, and Why: software development laid bare
Every six months we ask developers around the world those four questions, to see how the industry is evolving. Now in its 9th edition the...

SlashData Team
Jul 30, 20153 min read


Where to find the next mobile gold mine?
In our latest Developer Economics report, we discussed the rise of e-commerce as the most lucrative of revenue models, expected to...

SlashData Team
Apr 15, 20153 min read


App developer trends Q1 2015
Our 8th Developer Economics survey has once again achieved an industry-leading scale, including responses from more than 8,000 app...

SlashData Team
Feb 26, 20154 min read


The European App Economy 2014: Europe is losing ground to Asia
We have just published a research note with an update to last year’s an European App Economy Research Note. The good news is that...

SlashData Team
Aug 6, 20143 min read


North American App Developer Trends 2014: Insights into the app economy powerhouse
North America plays a very central part in the app economy. Not only is it home to the companies that create all of the leading mobile...

SlashData Team
Aug 4, 20142 min read
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